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Turkey Math

My son loved making these cute foam turkeys, and I was so surprised at how much time he has spent counting because of these little gobblers. Every day for the past week, he has asked to pull them out and practice his counting. Even his baby brother is counting along with him! And since they're made of foam, they'll last well past Thanksgiving Day!

While the turkeys dried, we cut out feather shapes from the brown, red, orange, and yellow foam. Since we were using scraps, the feathers ended up being different lengths. All the cutting was great fine motor practice for my son, and my toddler had a great time picking up the feathers and putting them into different piles.

Then he put the correct number of feathers on each turkey. After that, he was ready to take a break and do something else. I was surprised when he said he wanted to draw his turkeys and write the numbers.

I was so impressed by all the number sense he gained from this activity. At one point, he looked at his older brother and said, "Zero means that there are no feathers." The best part is that now we have a bag full of turkeys and feathers for my younger son to pull out while his big brother is working on his homework.

Materials List

foam (brown, red, orange, yellow)

foam numbers

tacky glue

googly eyes

scissors

sandwich bag / small ziplock bag

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